Driver: Fear of being overwhelmed by countless unnameable dangers
Motivation: to be happy and fulfilled
Focus: the positive
Strategy: seek happiness/ excitement in the world around them
Dynamic
- pump their positive energy into the classroom
- learning is exploration and novelty
- joking, talkative, entertaining
Communication
- talkative, enthusiastic
- converse in a free association
- nonlinear, go off on tangents
Learning Style
- learn quickly
- learn by association
- mental exploration and experimentation
- can jump into the middle of things without needing the big picture
Work Ethic: Ideas Multitasking
- prolific brainstormers
- see connections between ideas
- connections may take them on tangents
- can synthesize disparate ideas together
- enjoy variety
- become distracted when things slow down
- dislike routine, predictability
- keep plans open-ended
Ideal Classroom
- values enthusiasm, spontaneity, openness
- fast paced, dynamic, interactive
- full of positive energy
- free of constraints and limitations
Personality Cluster
Wings: Questioner (6) and Challenger (8)
Stress Arrow: Perfectionist (1)
Escapism. Hypercritical. Judgmental of self and others. Destroying partly finished work as it is not perfect.
Security Arrow: Observer (5)
- Help them to accept the polarities of life
- Accept fears and use them to grow wisdom
- Seeing mistakes as positive opportunities for growth.
> The Reluctant Perfectionist – a case study
> Enneagram Personalities of Students
with thanks to Rob Fitzel www.fitzel.ca/enneagram/education/index.html
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